American Idol Travesty
If one was to read all the garbage on the various American Idol forums, blogs, etc, Carly Smithson, one of my 2 picks for this season’s winner, should be burned to the stakes by religious fanatics in middle America for her supposed sacreligious rendition of Jesus Christ Superstar. Carly did a superb job of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s composition and he even encouraged her to do the song, but she was still sent packing last night.
The voting system for American Idol is flawed, in my humble opinion, and is not based on talent, but merely on popularity, and clearly Carly was not America’s favorite. Many people dislike her tatoos, think she screams, when she’s obviously a rocker with immense talent and big pipes, who’s proven that she can sing anything.
When 2 of the 3 best performers (Carly, Syesha, David C.) from Tuesday land in the bottom 2, it just confirms that screaming teenyboppers are the majority of voters, and their votes are based on looks and personality rather than raw talent.
Carly is going to have a great future. Perhaps not in America. Hey Carly, come to Canada, girl! I, for one, would support her and buy her records!
For those of you who didn’t watch the show on Tuesday, here’s a video of Carly Smithson’s superb performance.
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April 24th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Carly Smithson’s powerful, truly emotional performances of one of my all-time favourite songs from my second most favourite Andrew Lloyd Weber musical (Phantom of the Opera still takes the #1 spot) is absolutely fabulous. I can’t stomach the show, but certainly would have watched if I’d known she was doing it.
I must agree with you, Ms. Blundell, the “voting system” on both American and Canadian Idol shows stinks. About the only thing going for the Yankee version is that they don’t have Ben Mulroney, but they can have him any time they want - PLEASE!
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As a former Niagara Region resident - yes, I’m a Canuck - I agree with what you said. I just hope Welland’s nose isn’t quite as high in the air as St. Catharine s’ is.
Keep up the good work.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
I liked her too, but that was a stupid song choice. Nothing about religious sensibilities so much as it is just not a song that works well outside the context of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar.
I Don’t Know How To Love Him would have been a much better choice.
April 25th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Hi Don,
Thanks for your great comment. I agree with you regarding Ben Mulroney. He can be more annoying than Ryan Seacrest!
Pagan Temple: Thanks for stopping in and your insightful comment. Carly had another choice of songs before she decided on that one, which Andrew Lloyd Webber suggested she do so that it could highlight her powerful vocals. That backfired!
April 30th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
You’re right. What you see of the song on the program, needs a little explanation before it’s presented. Seen in contest of the whole presentation of Jesus Christ, Superstar, it’s a great song. But, if the kids are voting, most are too young to be familiar with the show (Jesus Christ Superstar). So on Idol, it could appear to be sacriligeous. However, at the time it first came out, it was seen as a way for youth to celebrate Christ and their own faith.
I guess Carly just sang a great song very well, but in the wrong place.
Thanks for the UTube clip. I quit watching American Idol. I can’t stand seeing a fine performer get kicked in the gut by someone who is pretty much paid to do it.
Marilynne
May 1st, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Hi there Marilynne,
Thank you for stopping by and your great comment. I have to say that I’m getting tired of seeing deserving performers insulted on live TV. This is my 4th season watching the show and I guess the joy of watching good talent perform has been tarnished somewhat.